We kneeled beneath our desks, terrified – and skeptical. It was the 1950’s and my classmates and I were among the many American children being trained to “duck and cover.” The idea of an atomic bomb attack was acutely terrifying. I’d seen images of Hiroshima, even at age seven. But even at age seven, I knew my small plywood desk would be of no use against such power.
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We kneeled beneath our desks, terrified – and skeptical. It was the 1950’s and my classmates and I were among the many American children being trained to “duck and cover.” The idea of an atomic bomb attack was acutely terrifying. I’d seen images of Hiroshima, even at age seven. But even at age seven, I knew my small plywood desk would be of no use against such power.